Word: par
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Unfortunately, it usually seems that her material is not on a par with her talents, and such is the case in "Along Fifth Avenue." It may always be the case since apparently the only ones to complain are the reviewers who have to say something anyhow. There is one really hilarious sketch in which she appears as a salesman for a torrid perfume whose motto is "When Nature Fumbles, We Carry the Ball." In most of the other skits she has little to do: in one she stands behind a restaurant counter and pushes a pie in a customer...
Mundt was asked when the committee would disclose the rest of the six names. His reply put him on a par with J. Parnell Thomas as a stumbling block to a just and objective investigation of Communist activities in the U.S. "We will give them out," he wisecracked, "as they jump out of windows...
...Historicus shows, Stalin and the Leninist-Marxists before him were out to evolve a "science" of revolutions, a way of charting the ups & downs of social systems. This is not quite on a par with the science of physics, but it is at least parallel to, say, the Dow theory of stockmarket behavior. Some stock traders look to the Dow theory to tell them when to buy or sell. Stalin and the other Marxists wanted a theory that would tell them when a "break" was likely in the Imperialist Front. They kept their eye glued to "the material life...
...given Navy sufficient credit for the hardening quality of its tough schedule, including such top opponents as Michigan, Notre Dame and California, which Army did not have to face). The Cadets' two prize running backs-Gil Stephenson and Bobby Stuart-earned no new medals; both were below par due to injuries. It took the wonderfully accurate passing arm of Quarterback Arnold Galiffa to keep the Cadets in the game. Two Galiffa passes set up two touchdowns, and Army went ahead at half time...
Since the metropolitan league is at a par above intercollegiate play, the varsity should probably be able to top McGill, today, for the Canadians, while listing several strong players, have no one who can replace Pete Lambrey, 1946 and 1947 intercollegiate racquets champ who graduated this spring...